Happy 6th Anniversary!
This year Brian and I decided that instead of buying each other gifts, we would write each other a love letter. It was the best idea yet! How cute is that! Sometimes, in a marriage, you really just need to go back to basics and explain why you love that person.. it really brings the meaning of "I love you" right back to the day you fell in love for the first time.
I can still remember our wedding day like it was yesterday. Rushing around and trying to make it to the temple on time. I remember being so excited, not nervous at all. I remember staring into Brian's eyes across the alter and seeing my forever, his forever.. our forever together. I felt like I had waited forever for that day. I remember our first kiss as a married couple. It was perfect. The moment was perfect. Im so proud to be his wife.
I am so proud of our marriage. I am excited to have celebrated 6 amazing years with Bri. I truly believe in love at first sight. The moment I saw him, I saw me with him. I knew that Brian was my forever. We were so young, so naive and completely inseparable. At such a tender age, we had fallen madly in love. Making every excuse to see each other, telling our parents we were studying when really we were just hanging out, laughing and sharing our dreams about the future together. And after only 3 weeks of dating Brian said it "I love you Christina." and I remember my heart feeling so whole and responding "I love you too Brian.". From then on it was for eternity. I have always been madly in love with you Brian, and I will be for all eternity.
A couple of years dating passed and one of the biggest challenges was about to happen. Brian was called to serve a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints in the Provo, Utah mission and we said our "see you later's" and he left on July 16th. I was torn. Half of me never wanted to say goodbye and the other half of me was so excited for him, for us, to embark on this incredible once in a lifetime opportunity to serve. We knew that it was what we both wanted him to do right from the start of us dating and here it finally was. Looking back, time went fast, we never lost an ounce of love for each other, but rather our love grew so much stronger with time. I remember the day Brian got home. It is one of my favourite memories we have together. I sat by the phone all day. Palms sweating, legs twitching, heart racing and trying to be patient. I waited by the window for hours and then I saw his white civic turn the corner. I ran down the stairs and out the front door so fast. With tears of happiness rolling down my face (and his) he slammed on his breaks into the gravel that was stuck on the side of the road, opened his door and rushed to wrap my in his arms to tightly around me and spun me around in a circle as we hugged while whispers of "I love you so much" poured off our lips. We did it!
Already knowing we were going to spend eternity together, we got engaged pretty quickly when he returned, and when he said "Christina will you marry me?" I jumped into his arms and said "YES YES YES!!" How did I ever become so lucky!!?
We knelt across the alter 6 years ago on August 17th, and I became the luckiest girl in the world. Our marriage has been exactly what we thought it would be when we were 16. I love that we don't fight, we respect each other and when we have a problem or are annoyed we talk about it and are sensitive to each others feelings.
Brian, I know that you were made for me. I know we met and fell in love so young on purpose. It was supposed to be that way and I cherish every memory we have. Your mission was the greatest blessing to our relationship and marriage to this day and I so proud to say we did it together! Brian, you are the love of my life, my best friend, my soul mate and my one and only for all eternity. I am more in love with you every single day of our lives. Our anniversary is not only special for us two, but also for our whole little family, because 6 years ago was the start of our eternal family.
I am excited to spend my entire life and all eternity with Brian. He is my entire life, the man of my dreams and I am still and even more completely head over heals in love with him!
I am Madly in love with you! from Brian Reed on Vimeo.
Happy 6th Anniversary hunny.